GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
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| cursive | running |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |